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  • Portrait male -- Clay, Henry
     
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  • Occupation -- Political
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Bust of Henry Clay, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Bust of Henry Clay, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1811.
    Medium: 
    Walnut.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: 14 1/4 x 10 x 6 in.; Base: H. 37 1/4 in. W. 13 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Clay, Henry -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political -- Senator
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Fayette County Historical Society, 213 Washington Avenue, Oak Hill, West Virginia 25901
    Located at Contentment, Route 60, Ansted, West Virginia
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Hathaway, Furman W., Brookville, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    (Inscribed on base plaque:) HENRY CLAY/1777-1852/I'D RATHER BE RIGHT/THAN PRESIDENT
    References: 
    Fayette County Historical Society, 1989.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 56790001
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